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Title: Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece
or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding

Author: George Greenwood

Release Date: April 12, 2009 [EBook #28563]

Language: English

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HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP.

[Illustration]

HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP,

TO

A Nephew and Niece.

BY

AN OFFICER OF THE HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE
OF CAVALRY.

[Illustration]

LONDON.
EDWARD MOXON & C^o. DOVER STREET.
1861.

HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP,

TO

=A Nephew and Niece;=

OR,

COMMON SENSE AND COMMON ERRORS IN
COMMON RIDING.

BY

COLONEL GEORGE GREENWOOD,
LATE LIEUT.-COL. COMMANDING 2ND LIFE GUARDS.

NEW EDITION.

LONDON:
EDWARD MOXON & CO., DOVER STREET.
1861.

LONDON
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
MILITARY RIDIN